Stories from Thursday, June 22, 2023

Gerald Wayne Jones (Rosie) of Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, June 18, 2023. Gerald was born March 21, 1962 to Adam Harold and Mary Lee (Hobbs) Jones. The second of eight children, he was raised in Richards, Mo., and attended Nevada schools. Gerald married Kelli Renee Mitchell and they were married for many years. To this union were three children; Kaila Dawn, Dustin Wayne and Derrik Raye...

Norma Kay Johnson, age 79, of rural Deerfield, Mo., passed away June 20, 2023 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., after a brief illness. She was born March 3, 1944 at the doctor’s office in Garland, Kan., the daughter of Charles Glen Linn and Wilma Heitz Linn. ...